towers power....

Kyle · **Posted:** July 27th, 2006, 7:36 pm

ok i like to sleep in complete dark....no sound nothing. i put my computer in stand by mode, lately the tower hasnt been turing off, how can i get it to hibernate and not turn the tower all the way off?

Adbot · **Posted:** July 27th, 2006, 7:36 pm

Evelyn · **Posted:** July 27th, 2006, 10:14 pm

Start>Shut Down>HOLD SHIFT and you will see the Hibernate button.

MattVortex · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 2:11 am

Well hibernate does technically turn the computer off, but it dumps everything that was in the RAM to hard disk so you can pick up where you left off. I hibernate all the time. In fact, i havent shut down my computer for about 3 weeks.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 2:13 am

Why don't you just turn these things off. :-s

Kyle · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 6:02 am

CreepyPirate wrote:

Why don't you just turn these things off. :-s

so i can start up alot faster.

Ranging God · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 10:43 am

Also when you are running like win xp, it is better for your comp to be left on all teh time so the change in temp doesent effect your pross, ram, ect.

But i dont know how to help ya lol.

Adbot · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 10:43 am

Evelyn · **Posted:** July 28th, 2006, 11:35 am

My computer takes less than a minute to start up.

MattVortex · **Posted:** July 29th, 2006, 1:32 am

Theres a natural occurrence in Windows XP called "Winrot".

Winrot is the way that Windows operating systems, over time, just get inefficient and *******, because of crappy drivers, bugs, loads of things. Most windows users will say that Windows XP requires a reinstall every 2 years or so to keep an efficient system. This is because of Winrot.

In theory, always hibernating rather than shutting down would stop this winrot from happening, because hibernating every day would mean the core files of the operating system dont change. Of course, updates and some software installs require a restart, but that would normally be the only time i shut down the computer.

Its also useful to Hibernate, because its a faster startup, and you dont lose any unsaved data.

Kyle · **Posted:** July 29th, 2006, 6:34 am

Cliff Dude wrote:

Start>Shut Down>HOLD SHIFT and you will see the Hibernate button.

the only options i have is stand by, restart, and shutdown.

jrdgames · **Posted:** July 29th, 2006, 7:51 pm

Kyle wrote:

Cliff Dude wrote:

Start>Shut Down>HOLD SHIFT and you will see the Hibernate button.

the only options i have is stand by, restart, and shutdown.

Go to the Control Panel->Power Options->CLICK the Hibernate TAB, make sure the Enable hibernation checkbox is checked.
Your computer should now be able to hibernate.

Evelyn · **Posted:** July 29th, 2006, 8:08 pm

^^Yes It should work now, don't forget to press SHIFT.